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London Pride has been and gone, and was, by all accounts, a colossal success this year, firmly cementing the big smoke as a city of warmth and acceptance for the LGBTQ community. Absolut, however, wish to underline the fact that just because Pride is...

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Design

A Singapore-based artist going by the name “The Jubilee Red” has reimagined the design of some Absolut Vodka bottles to reflect both the aesthetics and the messaging of some rather prominent politicians. The packaging concepts have taken...

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AKQA
Resh Sidhu has returned to AKQA as Creative Director. Based at the NYC studio after two years at digital and visual effects company Framestore, Resh will join the AKQA New York Leadership Team. Resh is one of the most respected names in Virtual...

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Inspiration

As part of our "Five Minutes with..." Annual 2018 judges series, meet Diogo Pinheiro.
Tell us what you do for a living?
I’m the Global Communications Manager for Desperados, at The HEINEKEN Company.
What does that involve?
My functions have...

Posted by: Heather Deacon

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BBH London - Absolut
Blush easily? Absolut employees bare all to show it really is “the Vodka with Nothing to Hide” Absolut’s new film leads the way for transparency in the most revealing way possible. From each seed to every...

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Twelve
Creative agency Twelve has announced that former Geometry Chief Strategy Officer and Managing Partner, Martin Smith, has been appointed as its new Group Strategy officer. Starting the role in mid-November, Smith will also play a role in...

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Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong
Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong has announced the appointment of two senior executives to new roles within the digital team in Hong Kong. Manolis Perrakis joins as Head of Creative Technology and Vivi Fitriani as Head of UX/UI....

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Adland has really got stuck in for Pride London this year. We've already covered the wonderful official “Love Happens Here” campaign by WCRS, but that was only the tip of the rainbow. Here, we've gathered a few of the more interesting...

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FinchFactor
FinchFactor has appointed Sarah Taylor to the role of Global Client Service Director. The appointment comes in response to an increased cross-border focus and the recent launch of its third international office. With further expansion in...

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PRMEDIACO - Valencia
The Valencia Region Tourism Board has selected PR MEDIACO to run its PR activity in the UK market throughout 2017. The remit involves the promotion of the whole Valencia Region, Eastern Spain, which includes well-known...

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With over 1 billion worldwide users and a 70% open rate, WhatsApp is every marketer’s dream. But historically, successful marketing campaigns across the world’s most popular messaging app have been scarce. When WhatsApp changed its...

Posted by: Kate Lewin

Design

Design at Cheil London has created a series of limited-edition prints that celebrate the diversity of output it produces on behalf of its clients in a rotating exhibition sponsored by LOVEUROPE. The posters and postcards feature brief-rich,...

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Edelman Deportivo
Edelman UK is looking to Stockholm to accelerate its creative ambitions consolidating its capabilities under the Edelman Deportivo banner. Stockholm based Deportivo was described by Contagious in January 2017 as the “best and...

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Technology

According to Warc, the global marketing intelligence service, developments in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) will offer viable ways for brands to engage emotionally with consumers in 2017. VR, which immerses consumers in a 360-degree...

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DDB Hong Kong's app lets users craft jewellery with their heartbeat
DDB Group Hong Kong is turning heart rate data, a mainstay of fitness analytics apps, into an opportunity to create a personalised gift that is quite literally from the heart....

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Absolut Vodka has appointed BBH London as lead global creative agency following a review. Sid Lee formerly held creative duties on the account and is believed not to have participated in the review. BBH London’s first effort will be an...

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Design

Zeitguised is a German design studio that produce amazing hyper-real animation and CGI and have worked with some of the worlds biggest brands and broadcasters producing highly-stylised films and graphics, including: Absolut, Adobe IBM, Mercedes Benz,...

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Trends

Naturally I assume that your product is great tasting, offers something new and interesting for a specific consumer, and keeps its promises. But wait…. is that enough?
Creating top-drawer branding and packaging for any new drink has never been...

Posted by: Steve Osborne

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Droga5 New York
Droga5 New York has announced that Ryan Barkan and Mike Ladman have joined the New York headquarters as Music Supervisors, two new roles at the agency. Barkan and Ladman will further develop Droga5’s music and audio...

The fourth edition of Advertising Week Europe is bringing more industry heavy hitters and unique programmes to the stages of the brand new Picturehouse Central venue.
The thought leadership agenda and corporate partner roster for the 2016 event has...

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Entertainment

Independent digital agency AnalogFolk has signed up as an official partner of the Roundhouse in London in order to support the live music institution with the development and running of its digital media skills programme. Projects are targeted at...

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Features

In the latest episode of Agency Cribs, we offer a peek into the beating heart of Cheil London, the London-based agency that is part of an international network offering its clients “ideas that move” across channels, across devices, and...

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Havas Chicago - Moen
Moen, the number one faucet brand in North America, has named Havas Chicago as lead strategic brand and media agency of record. The decision follows a comprehensive agency selection process, as Moen plans to strengthen its brand...

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The Partners
Brand consultancy The Partners, has appointed award-winning creative director Peter Henshaw as leader of creative for the agency’s Health Team. Peter will lead global relationships with Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca, The International...

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18 Feet & Rising
18 Feet & Rising bolsters its management line up by bringing in Brad Fairhead as partner, with a remit to further build 18 Feet & Rising’s work in the more progressive areas of communications. Fairhead has 20 years experience...

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Dalziel and Pow
Former Household Design creative strategy director Paul West, has been named as strategy director at Dalziel and Pow, a role in which he will champion and nurture insights and creative strategy. The announcement forms part of an...

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GSD&M
Texan agency GSD&M has announced the appointment of husband and wife team Kris and Alisa Wixom as group creative directors, effective immediately. The 7-time Cannes Lions winners who have worked together for 16 years in “A harmonious union...

You’ve forgotten what your family looks like. It’s been months of overtime. Leaving the house before they’ve woken up, coming home after they’ve gone to bed. You tell them that ‘it’s expected, and everyone else is doing it’, well aware...

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M&C Saatchi
M&C Saatchi has appointed Sereena Abbassi as Head of Culture and Inclusion, where she will be working closely with Victoria Fox, Chief Executive of LIDA and group sponsor of diversity and inclusion at M&C Saatchi Group. Sereena is...

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Careers

Barely a day goes by without the word 'culture' featuring heavily in my conversations. It’s become a sort of catch-all phrase and having a ‘great’ one is something lots of agencies can be fiercely proud and protective of - and rightly so. It's...

Posted by: Character Creative

Technology

CES 2018 kicked off in Las Vegas this week and as is genuinely the case it appears to be setting the stage for all that's to follow in the world of tech in 2018. We'll have more for you next week, but for now, here are a few of the more notable...

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Design

Netflix get Abstract for the Art of Design series (January)
Netflix began the year with the launch of a new documentary series that took an in-depth look inside the beating heart of the design industry, in much the same manner as their previous,...

Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns

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Publicis - Lastminute.com
Lastminute.com has appointed Publicis London to its pan-European creative ad account, following the travel brand's split with FCB Inferno only months into the relationship. Publicis London has been tasked with developing an...

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Artwork composited using Adobe Stock Assets by visual artist Sebastian Hue
The question as to whether AI could assist - or even replace - human creativity has been asked since the invention of the computer. While some creatives embrace the concepts...